Foolish Dragon

“What even is a chamberlain?” Kinda seems to reduce Lain’s name to be more of a title, a job, rather than- well a name.

Now we as the viewer know The King is, well abusive ofc, so it could be he named Lain, Chamberlain due to the fact he views him as an object to him (seems likely but we don’t know), perhaps The King doesn’t or doesn’t only view him as an object and there is genuine care within his abuse but idk, something seems off regarding this.

We also do know Lain’s name is very important to him (shown indirectly and directly (dialogue between him and Mariner/Warbler)) so this could very well tie into Lain’s character and identity, esp as THE King named him and we know their relationship is very important to the story, so is this just coincidence and overthinking or perhaps something more— what’s the word? Symbolic?

But also wow, I feel like one of those literary analyzers (even if very wrong and just overthinking) where they say “oh the door in this book symbolizes blah blah blah etc etc” when in reality I dunno the author was just like “red door!!”

this is a lot of very fun analysis! There is definitely purposeful symbolism between Lain and The King's name. I will say that The King gave Lain his name after Lain came out as trans (as shown on page 146) so to Lain it felt right for The King to choose his new name (The King named him originally)

You have alerted the horde.

FIGHT!! Or flight...

The Illager and Piglin forces clash as the Raiders try to keep the horde away from their almost completed portal, and as the Piglins try to recapture the one Villager- further convinced of its value as a resource from how its been helping the Raiders... but suddenly....

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CLOSE UPS:

Taking Stock...

The Raiders keep watch and prepare for a Piglin attack on their near-ready Portal.

Common enemies, uncommon allies...

Having received the news of Grand Brute's plans for the Overworld from Glen - Eve chooses to spare Polly, under the condition they step back in line and help hold off the Piglins.

EVE.

Previously, in a hostile confrontation between the Raiders and Piglins, the Totem was lost amidst the chaos, and got picked up by a certain piglet.

Although the Totem is still missing, Eve now has the ingredient needed to charge it - a sacrificial soul - so that it can do what it was designed to; counter death. And the more scared the soul is- the livelier!

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The Brutes intercept bartering between their own and the Overworlders, and the Grand Brute gets an idea.

(grandma is angry that MC: Legends stopped getting updates)

The Raiders take on the Nether Fortress, bartering and a surprise encounter...

Having remembered that Piglins can be swayed with gold, Nil gives the Raiders an idea, but it takes some convincing and even more bluffing...

(flashback...)

The Vindicators clear out the remaining Hoglins from the Piglins' attack on their occupied Bastion, meanwhile Glen tries to convince the Brutes that the attack was a bad idea. They're just panicking villagers, right?

(but the others just make fun of Glen's newest 'Overworld pet' who won't stop growling and hissing at everyone)

Ravager Lore! Also mentioned here.

The Raiders (and their Ravager) regroup after pushing back against the Piglins. After seeing the Ravager in action once more, Nil asks Wirt about it. And then they decide that maybe they don't need to know everything.

The Piglins make a push, and the Raiders fire back.

Side notes: The Bastion that the Raiders took over is the Bridge Bastion. Witches tend to carry gunpower with them to use for splash potions, and firework rockets are crafted from paper and gunpowder.

Polly and Glen team up to rescue Nil from their own respective kinds. Eve does some exploration in the depths of Bastion Remnants...

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